Bug#595800: net-tools: mii-tool generate a kernel crash

Mon Sep 6 19:13:22 UTC 2010

Package: net-tools
Version: 1.60-23
Severity: normal

~ # mii-tool 
eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok
eth1: no link
eth2: no link

~ # dmesg | tail -30
[  193.941508] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[  194.027247] eth2:  setting half-duplex.
[  194.027458] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready
[  198.498557] apm: BIOS not found.
[  203.236017] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[  476.798842] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[  476.798854] WARNING: at /build/buildd-linux-2.6_2.6.32-21-i386-Ullf8h/linux-2.6-2.6.32/debian/build/source_i386_none/kernel/softirq.c:143 _local_bh_enable_ip+0x33/0x6e()
[  476.798858] Hardware name:  
[  476.798860] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc fuse loop snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm radeon ttm drm_kms_helper snd_timer drm 
i2c_algo_bit snd soundcore i2c_i801 ns558 psmouse gameport i2c_core snd_page_alloc rng_core shpchp pcspkr serio_raw evdev parport_pc processor button parport pci_hotplug ext3 
jbd mbcache sg sr_mod sd_mod crc_t10dif cdrom ata_generic ata_piix uhci_hcd floppy 3c59x mii libata ehci_hcd thermal thermal_sys scsi_mod usbcore nls_base [last unloaded: 
scsi_wait_scan]
[  476.798921] Pid: 3767, comm: mii-tool Not tainted 2.6.32-5-686 #1
[  476.798924] Call Trace:
[  476.798932]  [<c102ffd1>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x5e/0x8a
[  476.798936]  [<c1030007>] ? warn_slowpath_null+0xa/0xc
[  476.798940]  [<c10352b7>] ? _local_bh_enable_ip+0x33/0x6e
[  476.798949]  [<f7f415eb>] ? mdio_read+0xf4/0x110 [3c59x]
[  476.798955]  [<f7f2c47a>] ? generic_mii_ioctl+0x61/0xfa [mii]
[  476.798961]  [<f7f436bf>] ? vortex_ioctl+0x65/0xa4 [3c59x]
[  476.798966]  [<f7f4365a>] ? vortex_ioctl+0x0/0xa4 [3c59x]
[  476.798974]  [<c11d9e2c>] ? dev_ifsioc+0x25e/0x278
[  476.798978]  [<c11da31a>] ? dev_ioctl+0x4d4/0x5d6
[  476.798985]  [<c1101ec2>] ? security_sk_alloc+0xd/0xf
[  476.798990]  [<c11cb448>] ? sock_ioctl+0x0/0x1ee
[  476.798996]  [<c10bcee4>] ? vfs_ioctl+0x1c/0x5f
[  476.799000]  [<c10bd478>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x4aa/0x4e5
[  476.799004]  [<c11cbb3b>] ? sock_map_fd+0x46/0x50
[  476.799008]  [<c11cc540>] ? sys_socket+0x42/0x56
[  476.799013]  [<c126e4e0>] ? do_page_fault+0x2f1/0x307
[  476.799018]  [<c10bd4f4>] ? sys_ioctl+0x41/0x58
[  476.799023]  [<c10030fb>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28
[  476.799026] ---[ end trace ba2cdd693f0f4446 ]---

The server have 3 network cards (only one have link)

~ # dmesg | grep eth
[    6.416468] udev: renamed network interface eth1 to eth1-eth2
[    6.417687] udev: renamed network interface eth2 to eth1
[    6.467553] udev: renamed network interface eth1-eth2 to eth2
[  193.091097] eth0:  setting full-duplex.
[  193.941286] eth1:  setting half-duplex.
[  193.941508] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[  194.027247] eth2:  setting half-duplex.
[  194.027458] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready
[  203.236017] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

~ # lspci -nn| grep -i net
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 78)
02:02.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 74)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 74)

Greetings

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=es_ES.utf8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages net-tools depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-5   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib

net-tools recommends no packages.

net-tools suggests no packages.

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